Antisense RNA and RNAi in protozoan parasites: working hard or hardly working?

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Published in Mol Biochem Parasitol on October 18, 2007

Authors

Kevin T Militello1, Philippe Refour, Christy A Comeaux, Manoj T Duraisingh

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biology, State University of New York at Geneseo, Geneseo, NY, USA.

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